Indian Standard Wagon Co Ltd

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Indian Standard Wagon Co Ltd was founded in 1918, at Burnpur as a specialist company manufacturing railway wagons, carriages and railway equipment.

The company merged with the Burn & Co Ltd. Their Howrah works became a major railway contactor from the very beginning of railways in India in the 1850’s.With the rapid expansion of Railways, Burn & Company started manufacturing Railway rolling stock at Howrah to cater to the increasing demand [1] [2] [3] [4]

The merged company became Burn Standard Company Limited and developed excellence in manufacturing Railway wagons, forged components, springs etc.

References

  1. ↑ Wikipedia "Burn Standard Company"; Retrieved 11 Dec 2015
  2. ↑ "Burn Standard History"; Retrieved 11 Dec 2015
  3. ↑ Google Books "Business and Politics in India" by Stanley A. Kochanek; Retrieved 11 Dec 2015
  4. ↑ Google Books "Private Investment in India, 1900-1939" by Amiya Kumar Bagchi; Retrieved 11 Dec 2015
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